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225-252 fathoms, 1880. Some of those specimens must liave l)ccn at least 

 20 mm. ill diametei'. They agree in all lesjjects with the larger specimens 

 figured hy Moseley. 



. This coral is remarkable fur having a wider lange, in depth and geographi- 

 cally, than any other known species. It was first taken by Pourtales, olf 

 Florida, in 350 and 450 fathoms, on the Bache ; and in 100 fathoms, off 

 Barbados, on the Ilassler. By the Challenger it was taken in the Korth 

 Atlantic, off the Azores and off Bermuda, in 32 to 1075 fathoms; in the South 

 Atlantic, in 1900 to 2650 fathoms; in the South Indian Ocean, in 1600 to 1950 

 fathoms; in the Malay Archijielago and West Pacific, in 360 to 2440 fathoms; 

 east of Japan, in 2300 to 2900 fathoms ; off Valparaiso, in 1375 fathoms. 

 Studer also records it from the Paidiic Ocean. 



The Funyiacijatliusfrar/ilis of Sars closely resembles this coral, but according 

 to the figures its sei)ta are not united into groups, nor are there any transverse 

 lissepiments nor trabicula; in the four specimens described, although some of 

 them were larger than many of the specimens of Batjiyadis, in which these 

 characters are well marked. A larger scries of the arctic form may, however, 

 serve to unite them hereafter. 



July. 1883. 



